Design of the Compartmented Meal Tray for Simultaneous Thermoprocessing of Foods

Abstract

Computer simulations were used to design a three-component meal tray for simultaneously thermal processing three different foods. Based on computer predictions, several prototype trays were made and their performance was verified with experiments. Among the prototype trays was the one-tray design, which was flexible enough to accommodate all the menu combinations provided by the U.S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center (Natick). This design uses paper napkin material to date the heat-sensitive food during retorting. Meals, Food, Computer Simulations Compartments, Thermal Processing, Menus, One-Tray Design, Trays, Retortable Tray.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA247494

Entities

People

  • Bruce Chang
  • Dong-sun Lee
  • Kit L. Yam
  • Stratis Marousis
  • Yiu-cheung Ho

Organizations

  • Rutgers University Department of Food Science

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Birds
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Materials
  • Meals
  • Measurement
  • Plastics
  • Specific Heat
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Diffusivity
  • Thermophysical Properties
  • Vegetables

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Materials Science